Ancient metallurgy has long provided critical insights into the technological and cultural evolution of past societies. In recent years, isotope analysis has emerged as a powerful tool in elucidating ...

Even when scientists struggle to produce the purest forms of rust-free metals, this 14-year-old boy from Bantwal taluk is here to show the world that ancient Indian metallurgy and Indian chemistry ...

The ancient Mongols have a reputation for having been fierce warriors. A new study shows them to have been unmatched polluters. Researchers found that lead pollution in Lake Erhai peaked at 119 ...

Located in the Deqen Tibetan autonomous prefecture in South China’s Yunnan Province, the Bronze Age Jicha site is associated with ancient metallurgy. Several new finds have recently been made at the ...

Iranian archaeologist Vali Jahani, who presides over Gilan province’s cultural heritage department, has commented: “Iranian archaeologists, in collaboration with archaeometallurgists from the ...

An analysis of a 2,300-year-old text and coins has helped researchers decipher ancient recipes for bronze, including two linguistically elusive ingredients.The Kao Gong Ji, the oldest known technical ...